Big Tech

Will AI ‘Kill Us All’?

Stark warnings from former employees at a Big Tech AI company feed the growing anxiety among Americans.

Sanders Wants to Criminalize AI

The socialist senator naturally sees the burgeoning AI industry as a convenient excuse to call for greater government control over it.

Gregory Lyakhov

America Needs More Data Centers, Not Fewer

There is a major difference between demanding responsible development and stopping data-center construction altogether.

Hawley Probes Flock Cameras

The Missouri Republican senator opened an investigation, sending a letter to Flock Safety with a series of requests for more information about the surveillance cameras.

Meta’s Mixed-Bag Settlement

The company that owns Facebook and Instagram just reached an $18 billion settlement to protect kids, but does it really do that?

A Texas-Sized Data Center Divide

Public opposition to data centers is growing, and even Texas Republicans are adjusting their positions and policies.

To Flock or Not to Flock

The automatic license plate reader cameras made by Flock seem like they’re here to stay, so who gets to have their data?

Emmy Griffin

Who’s Afraid of Data Centers?

Big Tech companies are scrambling to overcome opposition to data centers, much of which seems engineered by the media and foreign adversaries.

Emmy Griffin

Meta Is in Big Legal Trouble

Four states have banded together to sue Meta over its contribution to addiction and the mental health crisis among minors.

Zuckerberg’s Bet: Open Source AI as a Check on Big Tech Power

Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI manifesto warns against concentrated power and centralized control. It’s a striking argument from the man who built Facebook.

Michael Smith

Flock Cameras and a Person of Interest

Technology has dual uses. How that comports with individual rights is a question without a definitive answer — so far.

Michael Swartz

The Misplaced Hype Over Data Centers

“The massive campaign to slow down or stop the building of data centers ... is built on a stack of lies and funded primarily by China.”

What Are Flock Cameras, and Why Do People Hate Them?

The automated data-scanning and -collecting cameras are popping up all over the country. Vandalism has brought the issue to the forefront.

Could ‘Anti-AI’ Be the Next Winning Political Message?

Given increasing unease among millions of Americans, the first political party that says “slow this down” may own the next election.

UK Joins Youth Social Media Ban Brigade

The United Kingdom will bar those under 17 from accessing social media websites, but its law goes much further by demanding identification for everyone.

Invisible Steering: AI, Public Opinion, and Free Speech

The most powerful censorship tool ever built doesn’t look like censorship at all because AI results bake in the political bias.

The Data Center Conundrum

Communities across the country don’t want AI data centers in their neighborhoods, but the U.S. can’t afford to let China dominate the new technology.

Has AI Made God Unnecessary?

Technology doesn’t just change what we do. It changes what we trust. Artificial intelligence is making that harder to ignore.

Protect Kids, Not Meta

For the first time, a state won a lawsuit against a Big Tech company over the danger social media can often pose to children.